Hegemony of Lorean

Julian Protectorate Associated State: An affiliate state of the Julian Protectorate, the Hegemony of Lorean controls a significant number of member worlds in the “four corners” region of Empty Quarter, Amdukan, Arzul and Stars End sectors, and extends into Mendan and Trenchans sectors. Despite the number of worlds under their rule, the Hegemony of Lorean has limited influence with the Julian Protectorate due to its limited ability to trade with other major trading or diplomatic entities (other than the Rukadukaz Republic). Within the Hegemony, however, the polity focuses most of its own political priorities on local development. It is one of the most active supporters of the Development Division of the Menderes Corporations, and a sizeable percentage of the Division’s activities are focussed on the Hegemony.

Non-canon: The material below is not part of the Traveller canon. However, much of it has been published in Stellar Reaches, a magazine focusing on the Empty Quarter, during the era of the Solomani Rim War.

Non-canon: Subjects - not citizens - of the Hegemon are referred to as Hegemonio. Subjects includes all sophonts born within Hegemonic Space, as well as non-diplomatic personnel from outside powers. Outside of the Hegemony, Hegemon subjects are occasionally referred to as Loreans. They might also be called Protectorate citizens on formal and official occasions.

Non-canon: The Hegemony was founded in 864 Imperial, with her capital at Fathall/Mycocona 0834. The Hegemony started out as a 'trade and aid' group of interstellar traders centred on a cluster of high-population systems dominating Mycocona subsector, in Arzul Sector. The great success of this trade coalition led to a sharp rise of economic - and soon after, military - power.

The increasingly aggressive and assertive Hegemony eventually intruded into the Protectorate's sphere of influence in Amdukan and the Empty Quarter. Tensions gradually but relentlessly increased between the Hegemony and the Protectorate. The defection of the Damlaer Union from the Protectorate to the Hegemony sparked the Lorean Strikes (933-936). The military failure of the Star Legion to recover Damlaer sparked a major political crisis within the Protectorate, resolved only by a charismatic/media-driven showdown between the Menderes family and their Vargr critics. Internal tensions remained high until the Menderes, in a surprise coup, persuaded the Hegemon to join the Protectorate in return for Julian recognition Damaler's absorption into the Hegemony and a mutual agreement restricting naval bases within the Empty Quarter.

In 942, the Protectorate and the Hegemony formally signed the Treaty of Var-Inaka (restricting naval basing) and the Julian Concord, incorporating the Hegemony into the Julian Protectorate. In addition, Damlaer subsector was formally renamed Lorean subsector, and became the new capital of the Hegemony. Finally, on the insistence of the Rukadukaz leadership, a 'buffer zone' of neutral systems was marked out between the Lorean Hegemony and the Rukadukaz Republic, with an average of six parsecs between their borders.

The Hegemony of Lorean is the only Protectorate state which is pursuing relations with the K’kree, especially their outposts to trailing. The K’kree in general have expressed disinterest in the matter. Nonetheless, the Hegemony continues to encourage such relations, in the hopes that regular trade between the K’kree and the various affiliate states of the Julian Protectorate would increase both the importance and the influence of the Hegemony in interstellar affairs.

Non-canon: Below is a direct quote from the "Downed On Uzola" adventure, written for Stellar Marches 6 by Alvin Plummer. Used with permission.

...294.012.4 Hegemony Time translates to “94th Hegemony Cycle, 12th day, point-four day.” A cycle of the Hegemony is determined by the current Hegemon, but usually ranges between 300 and 850 days. One Hegemonic day equals ~19 Terran hours. Tenths of a hegemonic day are subdivided into additional decimal places, as needed: ordinary speech uses ‘tenths’ and ‘hundredths’ in the same way Imperials use ‘hours’ and ‘minutes’. Seconds are precisely the same length in both societies.

Note that the dating system actually predates the Hegemony: before it’s founding at 53.091.0 HT (864 Imperial), Hegemony Time was called Starfarers’ Time (ST), and was commonly used by the interstellar community in Arzul Sector. For what it’s worth, 0.0.0 ST was only an arbitrary start date of Starfarers’ Time (now Hegemony Time), and has no additional significance.